A ....... of engineers. Can anyone enlighten me what the dots represent?
The Phantom
03_Troopy said
08:47 PM Apr 6, 2016
Do you want the proper terms, or would you like me to break down to smaller words?
ballast2 said
09:02 PM Apr 6, 2016
G'day Phantom. A sprocket of engineers
Cheers.
goldfinger said
09:54 PM Apr 6, 2016
A 'Jungle Jim' of Engineers.
Desert Dweller said
05:37 AM Apr 7, 2016
Last wick I cudn't spell injuneer now I are one.
dorian said
06:24 AM Apr 7, 2016
The Phantom wrote:
A murder of crows
A parliament of owls
A flock of sheep
A herd of cows
A pod of whales
A conspiracy of ravens
A ....... of engineers. Can anyone enlighten me what the dots represent?
The Phantom
A dot (also known as a "period") is an ASCII character having a hexadecimal value of 0x2E. It is most often used to terminate a sentence, but may sometimes be used as a placeholder ("ellipsis") for an unknown quantity.
-Dorian Gray, BE (Elec)
-- Edited by dorian on Thursday 7th of April 2016 06:37:04 AM
03_Troopy said
08:48 AM Apr 7, 2016
or decimal 46, octal 056, and binary 00101110
DMaxer said
09:48 AM Apr 7, 2016
How about a "batchelor" of engineers.
KJB said
09:53 AM Apr 7, 2016
An awkward of engineers....................
KB
Cadpete said
10:17 AM Apr 7, 2016
An Argument of engineers - have you ever dealt with the many different fields and tried to get a uniform answer
Wombat 280 said
11:35 AM Apr 7, 2016
What about a Stuff Up of Engineers or is that the end result of their collective efforts
-- Edited by Wombat 280 on Thursday 7th of April 2016 11:36:07 AM
dorian said
12:02 PM Apr 7, 2016
A dilbert of engineers?
The Phantom said
01:06 PM Apr 7, 2016
Keep them coming, folks. Tonight I will reveal what noun one of my engineer friends has used. It is a clinker.
a. A sour note in a musical performance: hit a clinker. b. A mistake; a blunder. c. Something of inferior quality; a conspicuous failure: a clinker of a show.
6. Chiefly British Something admirable or first-rate.
BTW, my Canadian trained colleagues all graduated with an Iron Ring. They both believed that the rings were made from the steel of a beam from a collapsed bridge, but Wikipedia puts this down to legend rather than fact.
Perhaps it's just me, but does the pontification of that bloke, David, on Letters and Numbers on the ABC annoy anyone else ? Oops, a little "OFF TOPIC".
..... Val
ballast2 said
06:49 PM Apr 7, 2016
G'day. Off topic or not. Letters and numbers is back on? What time and channel? Not in Darwin that I can find. I absolutely love that programme. Yes, before anyone else suggests it, I am easily amused. Cheers.
Ps edited for spelling.
-- Edited by ballast2 on Thursday 7th of April 2016 06:50:14 PM
The Phantom said
08:26 PM Apr 7, 2016
A thicket. My friend suggests a group of engineers be called a thicket of engineers. Somehow I find it rather apt.
The Phantom
landy said
10:24 PM Apr 7, 2016
Would have to be an assembly of Engineers me thinks. Landy
dorian said
05:08 AM Apr 8, 2016
ballast2 wrote:
Letters and numbers is back on? What time and channel?
-- Edited by dorian on Friday 8th of April 2016 06:31:41 AM
Thank you. Cheers.
Desert Dweller said
08:59 AM Apr 9, 2016
Having worked as a Structural/Civil Design Draftsman most of my working life I know what I'd like to call a few of them! Architects (arty farty dreamers) were far worse though.
goldfinger said
03:11 PM Apr 9, 2016
Whilst doing Land Divisions I met a number of highly Civil Engineers, and a few UnCivil Engineers as well.....whilst it is said a 'Consultant' knows a hundred ways of making love, but is still a virgin......Hoo Roo
Sheffield-er said
03:43 PM Apr 10, 2016
Sorry Jack - Re Letters & Numbers. I am in Tassie and they are running replays of the old episodes of L & N from years ago. That's one benefit of getting forgetfull as you get old - when they air the replays it's just like watching it for the first time.
..... Val
ballast2 said
04:08 PM Apr 10, 2016
Sheffield-er wrote:
Sorry Jack - Re Letters & Numbers. I am in Tassie and they are running replays of the old episodes of L & N from years ago. That's one benefit of getting forgetfull as you get old - when they air the replays it's just like watching it for the first time.
A murder of crows
A parliament of owls
A flock of sheep
A herd of cows
A pod of whales
A conspiracy of ravens
A ....... of engineers. Can anyone enlighten me what the dots represent?
The Phantom
Cheers.
A dot (also known as a "period") is an ASCII character having a hexadecimal value of 0x2E. It is most often used to terminate a sentence, but may sometimes be used as a placeholder ("ellipsis") for an unknown quantity.
-Dorian Gray, BE (Elec)
-- Edited by dorian on Thursday 7th of April 2016 06:37:04 AM
or decimal 46, octal 056, and binary 00101110
How about a "batchelor" of engineers.
An awkward of engineers....................
KB
An Argument of engineers - have you ever dealt with the many different fields and tried to get a uniform answer
What about a Stuff Up of Engineers or is that the end result of their collective efforts
-- Edited by Wombat 280 on Thursday 7th of April 2016 11:36:07 AM
Keep them coming, folks. Tonight I will reveal what noun one of my engineer friends has used. It is a clinker.
The Phantom
Hmmm ...
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/clinker
clinker
n.
5. Slang
a. A sour note in a musical performance: hit a clinker.
b. A mistake; a blunder.
c. Something of inferior quality; a conspicuous failure: a clinker of a show.
6. Chiefly British Something admirable or first-rate.
BTW, my Canadian trained colleagues all graduated with an Iron Ring. They both believed that the rings were made from the steel of a beam from a collapsed bridge, but Wikipedia puts this down to legend rather than fact.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Ring
Maybe, a precision of engineers ?
Oops, a little "OFF TOPIC".
Perhaps it's just me, but does the pontification of that bloke, David, on Letters and Numbers on the ABC annoy anyone else ?
..... Val
G'day. Off topic or not. Letters and numbers is back on? What time and channel? Not in Darwin that I can find. I absolutely love that programme. Yes, before anyone else suggests it, I am easily amused. Cheers.
Ps edited for spelling.
-- Edited by ballast2 on Thursday 7th of April 2016 06:50:14 PM
A thicket. My friend suggests a group of engineers be called a thicket of engineers. Somehow I find it rather apt.
The Phantom
Landy
http://www.yourtv.com.au/program/letters-and-numbers/256173/
5.30pm-6pm Mon-Fri SBS HD (30) and SBS (3)
You can play the numbers game online:
http://mathsstarters.net/numbersgame
-- Edited by dorian on Friday 8th of April 2016 06:31:41 AM
Thank you. Cheers.
Sorry Jack - Re Letters & Numbers.
I am in Tassie and they are running replays of the old episodes of L & N from years ago. That's one benefit of getting forgetfull as you get old - when they air the replays it's just like watching it for the first time.
..... Val
G'day. No probs. Thanks Mate.
Cheers